Members of WikiProject Open got together online and in person to improve Wikipedia articles related to openness in education, on a Saturday in July 2014.
Wikipedians of all experience levels attended. We started with an hour of instruction and questions, and worked on Wikipedia articles throughout the afternoon.
We look forward to having you! Please do the following ahead of time, if possible:
If you do not already have a Wikipedia account, please create one.
Consider what topics or articles you might want to work on. Review the existing articles, and their talk pages, to determine what kind of work might be needed; and add the article(s) to our list below.
Reference materials, if you have them: books about education, bookmarks to important online resources, etc.
If you have any relevant digital photos (that you have taken, or that you know are freely available for use on Wikipedia) that you would like to use on Wikipedia, have them ready for uploading.
If attending in person
Bring a laptop if you can (we can provide a few if needed)
Or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)
Jade posted to Creative Commons talk page (weighing in on a bulk removal) and added Outline of open education to Categories:Outlines (thanks to Mike)
Randolph has added a substantial amount of text to Open Access and made edits on a variety of articles
Joyce added a section linking OER to other educational modes and movements to outline--adult ed, self-directed learning, distance ed, online ed, PLA (Prior Learning Assessment)
Terese added to EdX article in intro paragraph and research paragraph, plus 4 references
Eugene fixed some references in EdX and copy-edited the text.
Wrap Up and Third "State of the Barn" Check-in
3:30pm
22 minutes
Rosa made some light edits and working on clarifying what constitutes as a MOOC and doesn't
Jade added CC license compatibility chart to WikiCommons This is a license compatibility chart when you want to combine or mix two CC licensed works. Created by Kennisland published under a CC0 license. Added CC license compatibility chart to Creative Commons license#Adaptation -- anyone know off-hand and can format it better?
Mike added a video about creating open ed. resources on OER
Saehrimnir made category updates on numerous articles OER Africa
Eugene implemented ideas on EdX Talk Page
Bob got positive feedback from another user not involved in event
See painted barn picture for more updates
Further event contribution notes
A few articles edited at the event not captured in the live updates above:
This list will be honed by project participants in the run up to the event, with specific articles and sections identified beforehand. Please add your feedback and specific suggestions on the WikiProject talk page.